Display-rack.



A. E. MI LLER.

DISPLAY RACK. APPLICATION FILED AUG-211 1913.

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ANDREW E. MILLER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOB, TO SOLOMON HIMMEL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

DISPLAY-RACK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW E. MILLER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore City and State of hlaryland have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in display racks for garments and the like.

Heretofore it has been proposed to mount a rotatable rack. upon a suitable carriage or other support, constructed to move back and forth within an inclosing casing. The prac tice has been to make the major portion of the casing of glass, and where the rack is free to rotate within the case, there is danger of breaking or cracking the glass if the rack is not properly positioned before it is moved back into the case from its outer position. To remedy this defect it has been proposed to lock the rack against rotation during the reciprocating movements of the carriage and to prevent inward movement of the carriage until the rack has been properly alined with respect to the case. Structures of this kind are more or less expensive, and in some instances increase the friction upon the carriage or support to such an extent as to require the exercise of considerable strength on the part of the operator to move the rack back and forth with respect to the case. One of the objects of the present in vention is to provide a display rack of this character capable of being moved back and forth within a case, whereby the garments may be conveniently and compactly stored for protection from dust and unauthorized handling, and yet be readily accessible for exhibition to a customer by a salesman. A further object is to provide simple and efficient means for protecting the case from injury should the. rack not be placed in alinement with the case before being moved inward from its outer position. A further object is to provide improved means. for

rotatably supporting the display portion of the rack.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawmgs Figure 1 is aplan View lllustratmg my 7 improved display rack, the case being indi Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 21, 1913.

Patented July 2a, 1917..

Serial No. 785,891.

cated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, parts being shown in section.

Referring to the drawings 10 designates a case of any suitable or preferred construc tion, provided with doors or closures 11 for the front portion, said doors being capable of being moved to permit access to the interior of the case. The bottom of the case is provided with a channel 12 the upper edges of which are provided with guides 13 between which the carriage 1a is mounted to reciprocate. If desired the carriage and guides may be provided with means for re taining antifriction balls 15, whereby the friction between the parts may be materially reduced Said carriage 14 supports an upright shaft 16 which projects a short distance above the floor of the case.

The display rack comprises a carrier 17 provided with a tubular cap-like portion 18 rotatably mounted on the shaft 16, said carrier having secured thereto transversely arranged base bars 19 to which are secured the uprights 20 which support the rods 21 from which the garments may be suspended by suitable hangers. The uprights 20 are connected by guards 22 to prevent swingingof the garments when the rack is rotated. It will be noted that the carrier 17 just clears the floor of the case although it is obvious that it may be placed higher or lower without departing from the spirit of my invention. The contiguous ends of the transverse bars 19 are connected by curved stop bars 23, the ends of which project beyond the said bars. These stop bars cooperate with an abutment member Qfi: secured to the back of the case, said abutment member being preferably in the form of an.

angle iron, as shown.

It will be noted that the tubular portion 18 of the carrier 17 extends below the floor of the case and is provided with a disk 25 having diametrically arranged notches 26 formed in. the depending bearing edge 27 thereof.- The bearing edge normally rests upon rollers 28 rotatably supported by a table located beneath the carrier and attached thereto by depending arms. The rollers 28 are rotatably mounted between the flanges and lugs spaced therefrom, with which the table is provided. When the notches 26 come opposite the rollers 28, the

latter enter the notches, tending to arrest rotation of the carrier 17. Then sutlicient pressure is applied, however, the notches 26 are disengaged from the rollers 28, and the bearing edge 27 of the disk 25 will rest upon the rollers, thereby reducing the friction of the parts as they rotate.

In practice, in order to move the carriage to the inner position, the bars 19 and rods 21 must be parallel, or approximately so with the back of the case. The position of the notches 26 with respect to these bars is such that said notches are in engagement with the rollers 28 when said bars are in proper alinement with the back of the case. If, however, a careless salesman should move the carriage back before bringing the rack into its proper position, the stop bar 23 at the innermost end of the rack will strike the abutment member 2a and prevent further inward movement until the carrier 17 has been rotated to bring the bars 19 and 21 into proper position. By this arrangement the glass forming the back of the case is protected from injury, and at the same time the stop bars 23 and the abutment plate 24 may be so located as not to interfere with the appearance of the case. Thus it will be seen that I have provided simple and inexpensive means for protecting the case from breakage through carelessness, and at the same time have avoided the necessity of employing expensive, and more or less complicated mechanism for locking the rack against rotation. It will be observed that by curving the stop bars 23 as shown, they will engage the abutment member 24, no matter how slightly the bars 19 and 21 may be out of alinement with the back of the case.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described an operative man-- nor of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the forms of its use, what I claim is 1. A display rack of the character described comprising a case, a carriage mounted to reciprocate within said case, a carrier rotatably supported by said carriage, transversely arranged base bars supported by said carriage, garment supporting bars supported above said base bars, stop members secured to the base bars, and an abutment member secured to the case.

2. A display rack of the character described comprising a case, a carriage mounted to reciprocate within said case, a carrier rotatably supported by said carriage, transversely arranged base bars supported by said carriage, garment supporting bars sup ported above said base bars, curved stop members connecting the contiguous ends of the base bars, and an abutment member cooperating with said stop members.

3. A display rack of the character described comprising a case, a carriage mounted to reciprocate within said case, a carrier rotatably supported by said carriage, transversely arranged base bars supported by aid carrier, uprights supported by said base bars, garment supporting bars carried by said uprights, stop members connected to the base bars, and an abutment member cooperating with said stop bars.

4-. A display rack of the character described comprising a case, a carriage mounted to reciprocate within said case, a carrier rotatably supported bysaid carriage, transversely arranged base bars supported by said carrier, said base bars and said case being provided with complemental stop and abutment members, and garment supporting" bars supported above the base bars.

5. A display rack of the character described comprising a case, a carriage mounted to reciprocate within said case, a carrier rotatably supported by said carriage and provided with base bars, and garment supporting members supported above said base bars, said case and said base bars being provided with complemental means for preventing said garment supporting members from contacting with the rear of the case.

6. A display rack of the character described comprising a case, a carriage mounted to reciprocate within said case, a carrier rotatably supported by said carriage, garment supporting members supported by said carrier, base bars connected to said carrier below said members, an abutment member secured to said case, and stop members supported by said base bars and projecting beyond the ends of said garment supporting members.

7. A display rack of the character described comprising a case, a carriage mounted to reciprocate therein, a short shaft supported by said carriage, a carrier having a tubular cap-like portion rotatably mounted upon said shaft, base bars supported by said carrier, garment supporting bars mounted on said carrier above said base bars, said case and said base-bars being provided with complemental means for preventing said bars from contacting with the rear of the case.

8. A display rack of the character described comprising a case, a carriage mounted to reciprocate therein, a table supported by means depending from said carriage, a short shaft supported by said carriage, a carrier having a tubular portion rotatably mounted upon said shaft, means secured to said carrier for supporting garments and the like, and locating rollers carried by said table and cooperating with the lower end of said tubular portion.

9. A display rack ofthe character described comprising a case, a carriage mount ed to reciprocate therein, a table supported by said tubular portion and having a flange 10 by means depending from said carriage and resting upon said rollers.

provided with flanges, a short shaft sup- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ported by said carriage, a carrier having a my hand in presence of tWo subscribing tubular portion rotatably mounted upon said Witnesses.

shaft, means secured to said carrier for sup- ANDREW E. MILLER. porting garments and the like, locating WVitnesses:

rollers, means including said flanges for HERMAN D. HINTEMEROH, supporting said rollers, and a disk carried JACOB R. ENDER.

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